I’ve always liked Twitter’s 140 character limitation because it challenges my message to be more direct and succinct, but there are occasions when you simply need a paragraph or two to express what you really need to say. Try for example debating a controversial issue in 140 characters and you might well lose an argument.

So for those times when you want to stay within the Twitterverse without posting a dozen tweets, there are several options available to do just that. Here are 6 possibilities you should check out, which allow you to write longer Tweets on Twitter.

JumboTweet is an easy to use web client for longer Twitter messages. As with TwitLonger, you simply log into the site using your current Twitter credentials. You can write as much text as you like, and a link to your extended text will be included in your tweet.

Okay, say you want to post a longer tweet that includes a list of technical instructions, or you want to highlight a long quote from a webpage. You might consider using TinyPaste for this purpose.

With TinyPaste, you write your text, and format it the way you want. After you click the Submit button, you will get a URL link to your post that you can paste in your tweet. So essentially, TinyPaste is like writing longer text in your email or blog.

You can also password protect your linked post for say sending a direct private message to your Twitter contact. And on top of that, you can even have your extended post deleted after a specified amount of time.

TinyPaste also provides a bookmarklet and Firefox extension for quickly copying and pasting highlighted text on a webpage.

XLTweet is similar to TinyPaste but with less options. You can write longer posts in HTML format.

The service will tweet the first 120 characters in your Twitter timeline and add a bit.ly short URL to link to the rest of the post. Your XLTweets will be automatically marked as “favorites” so you can readily find them.

Now if you find that you want to turn your longer tweets into an extended conversation, you might consider using Tinychat. This site provides users with the choice of creating disposable or permanent video conference rooms.

If you want to have just a private two-way video call, use p2p.tinychat.com. This service requires no signup or application installation. Just direct message the specified URL to your contact and you can easily talk well beyond 140 characters.

The extended tweet services like the ones listed above are very useful if you’re not maintaining a blog site for your extended messages, or if you don’t want to use email to send longer messages to contacts.

If you’re looking for additional tricks and tips for using Twitter, check out the MUO Guide to Twitter. As always, let us know if there is a favorite service you use for extended tweets.

Twitter is a very limited medium. I can imagine one much better, but I do not have the money to set it up. (And if I did, I do not know if I would bother.) Twitter is isolating itself from other media, and that is a bad thing for it. (It is bad for the other platforms, too.) That being said, Twitter has improved over the last few years. Will there be more improvements? Who knows? Will it last? Again, who knows. I also came upon this great tool http://college-writers.com/
I know some teachers who give tweet links to their students work. I go, and look, out of curiosity: The kids can't write. They write in "tweet speak" Sentences of about 100 characters. Paragraphs of 2-3 sentences, not joined together.

I recommend looking at http://chum.ly for your micro blogging needs. They have great ways of filtering and the ability to send to the popular blogging platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Blogspot, Word Press etc.

I recommend looking at http://chum.ly for your micro blogging needs. They have great ways of filtering and the ability to send to the popular blogging platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Blogspot, Word Press etc.

You can check tweetsplit herehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=split.tweet
Twitter client app that divides long texts, numbers and post them one after the other with 1 click.
Also Allows to create folders locally for saving tweets without sender knowing
Android only for now

I recommend also Amplify.com that with its Microblog option (which is only one of the many features) allows to write up to 1000 characters and attach up to 4 images, and sends a tweet with the first 130 + a link to the full posts. Check it out!

I recommend also Amplify.com that with its Microblog option (which is only one of the many features) allows to write up to 1000 characters and attach up to 4 images, and sends a tweet with the first 130 + a link to the full posts. Check it out!